Vendors and Distributors of Audacity

Audacity is free to download, but many vendors bundle copies of the program with their products, or resell or distribute Audacity, thanks to the GNU General Public License. The following are legitimate, legal offerings from companies that have worked with us. We are happy and proud that they chose to bundle Audacity with their products.

Some vendors, Umixit, Thinklabs, and Audiotouch, have additionally supported Audacity by sponsoring custom versions. The UmixIt custom version added a mixer board interface and karaoke window which are now incorporated into Audacity. The ThinkLabs version is customized for cardiographs from digital stethoscopes. Audacity_Voice is customized for integration with Audiotouch, for ease of use by students needing numerous recordings. Some of these improvements will be incorporated in future versions of Audacity.

Playback Devices

As one of the major manufacturers of USB playback equipment, Ion bundled Audacity with the listed products for several years, helping to establish the wide popularity of digitizing LPs and cassettes. NOTE: In January 2007, an article about these turntables appeared in the New York Times, containing erroneous statements about limitations of Audacity. Ion later corrected their documentation to clarify that Audacity could record a whole LP, detect split points between LP tracks based on silences and simultaneously export multiple files for each track. See the Audacity Wiki page about USB turntables for more information.

As one of the major manufacturers of USB turntables, Numark bundled Audacity with the listed products for several years, helping to establish the wide popularity of digitizing LPs. NOTE: In January 2007, an article about these turntables appeared in the New York Times, containing erroneous statements about limitations of Audacity. Numark later corrected their documentation to clarify that Audacity could record a whole LP, detect split points between LP tracks based on silences and simultaneously export multiple files for each track. See the Audacity Wiki page about USB turntables for more information.

Open Source CD Bundles

FreedomSampler™ is a collection of free, open source software for Windows and Linux with full source code, allowing easy redistribution under the GNU General Public License. ISO images may be downloaded for free, or you can purchase a copy to be shipped to you.

OpenDisc is a similar collection of high quality free and open source software for Windows. Currently, a downloadable CD image is available. The project hopes to make available a purchasable CD shortly.

Others

Audiotouch is sound recording and playback software, designed for ease of use. It features one-touch recording and saving, quickly recording multiple audio files directly to disk without the need to interact with save dialog boxes. Audacity_Voice is a customized version of Audacity which can be added to Audiotouch, offering simple editing with reduced menu dialogs.

The Thinklabs ds32a digital stethoscope has enhanced sound quality with 50x amplification. Volume can be adjusted for faint heart sounds, obese patients or noisy work environments. The stethoscope's waveforms and spectrograms can be analyzed in Thinklabs Phonocardiography (a customized version of Audacity for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X).

A now discontinued, customized version of Audacity for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Umixit-enabled multi-track CDs or songs were available, enabling the user to record their own vocals or instruments to create remixes, mash-ups, sing karaoke and more.